1973 Cup of the Ukrainian SSR

The Ukrainian Cup 1973 was a football knockout competition conducting by the Football Federation of Ukrainian SSR and was known as the Ukrainian Cup.

The Cup started with the preliminary round on November 1, 1973 and involved the republican level non-amateur clubs. The main event started from the round of 16 on November 6, 1973 when the inter-republican clubs joined the competition such as Chornomorets, Metalist, and others, while some of them represented by their second squad. Dynamo Kyiv has chosen not to participate in it since its last winning season in 1948. Also the last season champions FC Avtomobilist Zhytomyr entered the competition at the Round of 16, however they were eliminated in the quarterfinals. Unlike the previous edition the tournament introduced a penalty shootout which replaced the method of a game replay. The competition concluded in two and half weeks in Kiev on November 18. Note that the tournament took place after the Soviet football season was over and was conducted in rather unsupported weather conditions as the cold period in Ukraine starts usually in September or October, depending on location.

Competition schedule

Preliminary Round

November 1, 1973

FC Hoverla Uzhhorod 0:0 aet FC Kolos Poltava pen. 5:3
FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 2:0 FC Avanhard Sevastopol
FC Budivelnyk Ternopil 1:2 FC Lokomotyv Vinnytsia
FC Dynamo Khmelnytsky 7:2 SK Chernihiv
SK Lutsk 3:0 FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi
FC Avanhard Rivne 1:0 FC Frunzenets Sumy
SC Tavriya Simferopol -:+ FC Shakhtar Kadiivka
FC Lokomotyv Kherson 2:1 FC Sudnobudivelnyk Mykolaiv
FC Metalurh Zhdanov 0:2 FC Shakhtar Horlivka
FC Zirka Kirovohrad 3:1 FC Khimik Severodonetsk
FC Shakhtar Makiivka 2:1 FC Lokomotyv Donetsk

First Elimination Round

November 6, 1973

FC Hoverla Uzhhorod 0:0 FC Chornomorets Odessa pen. 2:3
SK Lutsk 1:2 FC Metalist Kharkiv
FC Lokomotyv Vinnytsia 4:0 FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
FC Dynamo Khmelnytsky 0:1 FC Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk
FC Shakhtar Kadiivka 1:3 FC Avanhard Rivne
FC Shakhtar Horlivka 2:2 FC Lokomotyv Kherson pen. 4:5
FC Zirka Kirovohrad 2:0 FC Metalurh Zaporizhia
FC Avtomobilist Zhytomyr +:- FC Shakhtar Makiivka

Quarterfinals

November 10, 1973

FC Avtomobilist Zhytomyr 1:2 aet FC Zirka Kirovohrad
FC Chornomorets Odessa 1:4 FC Lokomotyv Vinnytsia
FC Metalist Kharkiv 1:0 FC Lokomotyv Kherson
FC Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk 1:0 FC Avanhard Rivne

Semifinals

November 14, 1973

FC Lokomotyv Vinnytsia 0:1 FC Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk
FC Zirka Kirovohrad 4:0 FC Metalist Kharkiv

Final

The final was held on November 18, 1973 in Kiev. Remarkable is the fact that the final involved participation of such players as Taras Shuliatytsky, Oleksandr Ischenko, and others well known players of that time.

18 November 1973
Zirka Kirovohrad 1–0 Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk
Deineha
Kiev
Referee: Kostyantyn Vykhrov (Kiev)

Top goalscorers

Scorer Goals Team
Ukraine [[]]
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Ukrainian Cup 1973 Winners

FC Zirka Kirovohrad
Second title

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